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D. SmithApple macOS and iOS System Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5820-0_1

1. Introduction to Apple Platforms

Drew Smith1 
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Cincinnati, OH, USA
 

Introduction and Overview

Back in the mid- to late 1990s, Apple Computer’s products and the Macintosh platform specifically were in the low single digits of personal computer market share. These systems were typically found only in small graphic design departments, creative firms, or schools. Driven by the excitement of the Internet, Information Technology departments were tasked with building and maintaining large homogeneous network computing environments that invariably used solutions developed by Microsoft. If you were a Mac technician, your skills were not in high ...

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